Adam Ray Rohn v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJanuary 23, 2020
Docket1D18-4368
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D18-4368
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ADAM RAY ROHN,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton County.
Kelvin C. Wells, Judge.
January 23, 2020
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges his judgment and sentence for two
counts of failure of a sex offender to report or register a change in
permanent or temporary address pursuant section 943.0435(4),
Florida Statutes. We affirm Appellant’s convictions without
discussion. However, the trial court erred in imposing fees and
costs.
The $250 public defender fee pursuant to section 938.29(1)(a),
Florida Statutes, should not have been imposed in excess of the
minimum $100 because the trial court did not make findings to
support the higher-than-minimum amount permitted by the
statute. See Hogle v. State, 250 So. 3d 178, 181 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).
The discretionary $342.86 fine pursuant to section 775.083 and the
related $17.14 surcharge pursuant section 938.04 should not have
been imposed as part of the $775 lump sum without specific
pronouncement. Id. Additionally, the $100 misdemeanor cost
pursuant to section 938.05(1)(b) should not have been imposed
because the defendant was not convicted of any misdemeanors. Id.
We affirm the $65.00 cost pursuant to section 939.185 which
was also imposed without oral pronouncement. This cost is not
discretionary. See Griffin v. State, 980 So. 2d 1035, 1036 (Fla.
2008) (holding the section 939.185, Florida Statutes, to be a
mandatory, non-punitive civil remedy); see also Johnson v. State,
944 So. 2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (affirming costs pursuant to
section 939.185 imposed without referring to statutory authority
because they were “statutorily mandated court costs”). Statutorily-
mandated costs may be imposed without notice and need not be
specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing. Nix v. State, 84
So. 3d 424, 426 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).
Accordingly, we reverse the $250 public defender fee, the
$342.86 discretionary cost and related $17.14 surcharge, and the
$100 misdemeanor cost. On remand, the trial court may reimpose
the discretionary fee, related surcharge, and a higher-than-
minimum public defender fee after providing notice to Appellant
and following the proper procedures; if the trial court decides not
to reimpose these costs, it can enter a corrected judgment and
sentence striking them. See Nix, 84 So. 3d at 426.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, REMANDED with
directions.
LEWIS, WINOKUR, and JAY, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
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Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Damaris E. Reynolds, Assistant
Attorney General, and Jennifer J. Moore, Assistant Attorney
General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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